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she spoke often about her connection to the cia director acknowledging it rubbed some in the military the wrong way. >> i was imbedded with general petraeus in afghanistan and it was a little confusing because i'm also military reservist with a top secret cia clearance and then some so. a lot of my former peers didn't know how to treat me. >> reporter: the investigation into broadwell's e-mails came to a head on tuesday, the election day. the first the intelligence community learned of it. the president did not learn until thursday and met with petraeus who offered to resign that day. the president said he wanted to think it over, but accepted the resignation friday. some feel he should have left petraeus keep his job. >> there's no criminal conduct involved. it's base clay matter for him and his family. it's not the conduct we encourage. it's not the best conduct. but we're talking about a man of great talent. >> many who know petraeus say he was just coming into his own at the cia after a rocky transition after his military career. >> it's a very different kind of operation where ci
she spoke often about her connection to the cia director acknowledging it rubbed some in the military the wrong way. >> i was imbedded with general petraeus in afghanistan and it was a little confusing because i'm also military reservist with a top secret cia clearance and then some so. a lot of my former peers didn't know how to treat me. >> reporter: the investigation into broadwell's e-mails came to a head on tuesday, the election day. the first the intelligence community learned...
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. >>> the huge shakeup at the cia as director david patraeus resigned because of an extra marital affair first reported by nbc news. nbc's chris clackum has more on the retired general's surprising revelations. >> reporter: in his resignation letter to president obama david patraeus, who took over at the cia in 2011, wrote, after being married for over 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extra marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours. petraeus resigns just days after his boss won re-election, but president obama accepted it, saying about petraeus and his wife holly i wish them the very best at this difficult time. >> a little too soon to tell today because how soon this was but for lack of a better term petraeus is a legend. he is one of the few generals in american history to get so much credit for so many things. >> reporter: petraeus had been scheduled to testify at house and senate hearings next week on the terrorist attack in september on the american embassy in benghazi, libya that left
. >>> the huge shakeup at the cia as director david patraeus resigned because of an extra marital affair first reported by nbc news. nbc's chris clackum has more on the retired general's surprising revelations. >> reporter: in his resignation letter to president obama david patraeus, who took over at the cia in 2011, wrote, after being married for over 37 years i showed extremely poor judgment by engaging in an extra marital affair. such behavior is unacceptable both as a husband...
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both of them admitted to having an affair that led to petraeus' resignation as head of the cia last week. and petraeus' friends and former colleagues saye was shocked to learn the fbi was looking into allegations broadwell sent threatening e-mails to another woman. the retired general insists his relationship with that woman was platonic even though broadwell apparently saw her as a romantic rival. meanwhile, the chair of the senate intelligence committee says she still plans to call petraeus to testify about the deadly attacks on the embassy in benghazi. they'll likely question him in a closed session. general petraeus was supposed to testify before the senate this week. >>> lawmakers will try to reach a deal on a spending plan to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. they must reach an agreement by the end of the year to avoid billions of dollars in tax hikes and spending cuts. economists fear that could plunge our economy into a deep recession. president obama will discuss the issue with congressional leaders on friday. >>> the man suspected of being the east coast rapist is expected to e
both of them admitted to having an affair that led to petraeus' resignation as head of the cia last week. and petraeus' friends and former colleagues saye was shocked to learn the fbi was looking into allegations broadwell sent threatening e-mails to another woman. the retired general insists his relationship with that woman was platonic even though broadwell apparently saw her as a romantic rival. meanwhile, the chair of the senate intelligence committee says she still plans to call petraeus...
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meantime, let's talk about general david petraeus, who stepped down as cia director. it turns out his former mistress, paula broadwell, as you mentioned, may be here in the d.c. area with her brother. petraeus may still have to come to capitol hill to testify on benghazi. turns out he'd done a recent investigation. while his successor is scheduled to testify in those hearings starting today, several lawmakers are saying they want to hear from petraeus. aaron? >> tracie potts on capitol hill, thank you. >>> congressional leaders are vowing to work together to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. lawmakers return to washington yesterday. reaching a budget deal is their top priority. they must come to an agreement by the end of the year to avoid steep tax hikes and spending cuts. republicans may be under the most pressure to get a deal done. a new pew research poll seds that 53% of americans would blame the congressional republicans if we fall off the fiscal cliff. 29% believe president obama would be at fault. and 10% would blame both. >>> president obama will hold a news
meantime, let's talk about general david petraeus, who stepped down as cia director. it turns out his former mistress, paula broadwell, as you mentioned, may be here in the d.c. area with her brother. petraeus may still have to come to capitol hill to testify on benghazi. turns out he'd done a recent investigation. while his successor is scheduled to testify in those hearings starting today, several lawmakers are saying they want to hear from petraeus. aaron? >> tracie potts on capitol...
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new developments in the scandal that brought down cia director david petraeus. angie goff has more from t live desk. >> eun, the t commander in afghanistan is in d.c. for a senate confirmation hearing. we just learned it's been put on hold. that's because general john allen is being investigated over thousands of e-mails the pentagon says are potentially inappropriate. the fbi discovered 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails between allen and jill kelley, the woman at the center of the petraeus scandal. kelley is a longtime petraeus friend who complained to the fbi about harassing e-mails she got from the former cia director's mistress paula broadwell. officials say the relationship spans a two-year period. a man close to allen saying he didn't find out about this probe until last night. as of this morning, the general denies any wrongdoing and plans to return to his job in afghanistan as the investigation goes on. at the live desk, angie goff, news 4. >>> the fbi's investigation brought agents to paula broadwell's charlotte home. they searched her house for several
new developments in the scandal that brought down cia director david petraeus. angie goff has more from t live desk. >> eun, the t commander in afghanistan is in d.c. for a senate confirmation hearing. we just learned it's been put on hold. that's because general john allen is being investigated over thousands of e-mails the pentagon says are potentially inappropriate. the fbi discovered 20,000 to 30,000 pages of e-mails between allen and jill kelley, the woman at the center of the...
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what are the implications for the cia? >> they'll have to find new leadership. part of my second term involves this turnover. i think there's still a lot of shock in washington about this over general petraeus and the figure that he is and always has been at the military, this from his retirement ceremony. so i think that part of it is a big disruption for the obama team as they come into a second term. this is still the lame-duck session. congress, for instance, has set an intervening peter. but a lot of shock waves here. >> there's so many unanswered questions as far as the timing of all this. why did the fbi wait until election day to let the guy who ov oversees all the intelligence agassis know about this? >> they interviewed director petraeus about this. on election day, it gets over to the head of national intelligence, the director of national intelligence, and so it goes. i think questions about when and whether congress was informed, how this all came to light, how the investigation got started in the first place. a lot of this still unfolding. >> and t
what are the implications for the cia? >> they'll have to find new leadership. part of my second term involves this turnover. i think there's still a lot of shock in washington about this over general petraeus and the figure that he is and always has been at the military, this from his retirement ceremony. so i think that part of it is a big disruption for the obama team as they come into a second term. this is still the lame-duck session. congress, for instance, has set an intervening...
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the top american commander in afghanistan is implicated in the scandal that brought down now former cia director david petraeus. the pentagon says it is investigating inappropriate communications between general john allen and jill kelley, the woman that petraeus' mistress allegedly sent threatening e-mails to you. the fbi reportedly uncovered 20,000 to 30,000 allegedly inappropriate e-mails between allen and kelley. she's a social liaison at the military base in florida. the general insists he's friends with kelley, but paula broadwell apparently saw her as a romantic rival. the fbi is keeping quiet of a search of broadwell's home. agents searched her home for five hours last night. they left with several boxes. broadwell's relationship with petraeus first came to light when the fbi began investigating jill kelley's claims that broadwell had sent her threatening e-mails. and the fbi is putting together a time line of the investigation to explain to members of congress why they were kept out of the loop until recently. they didn't know about the probe until last tuesday even though it h
the top american commander in afghanistan is implicated in the scandal that brought down now former cia director david petraeus. the pentagon says it is investigating inappropriate communications between general john allen and jill kelley, the woman that petraeus' mistress allegedly sent threatening e-mails to you. the fbi reportedly uncovered 20,000 to 30,000 allegedly inappropriate e-mails between allen and kelley. she's a social liaison at the military base in florida. the general insists...